Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1992) Winner
Damien Wilkins
だみあん・うぃるきんす
Damien Wilkins
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1963 （Lower Hutt, New Zealand）
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Lower Hutt, New Zealand → Wellington, New Zealand
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short story writer, Poet
- Active Years
- 1989-2025
- Affiliations
- Victoria University Press (assistant editor), International Institute of Modern Letters (director), Victoria University of Wellington
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria University of Wellington | — | — | — | ~1984 | New Zealand |
| Washington University in St. Louis | — | — | MFA | — | United States |
Victoria University of Wellington
Period:
~1984
Year of Graduation:
1984
Country:
New Zealand
Washington University in St. Louis
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Heinemann Reed Fiction Award | The Veteran Perils | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1994 | New Zealand Book Award for Fiction | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award | — | — | Arts Foundation of New Zealand | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Young Adult Fiction Award | Aspiring | — | New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults | 受賞 |
| 2025 | Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction | Delirious | — | Ockham New Zealand Book Awards | 受賞 |
Whiting Award
1992
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Heinemann Reed Fiction Award
1989
Work:
The Veteran Perils
Result:
受賞
New Zealand Book Award for Fiction
1994
Result:
受賞
Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award
2013
Organization:
Arts Foundation of New Zealand
Result:
受賞
Young Adult Fiction Award
2020
Work:
Aspiring
Organization:
New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Result:
受賞
Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction
2025
Work:
Delirious
Organization:
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (2025) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Miserables
NovelLittle Masters
1996 NovelNineteen Widows under Ash
2000 NovelChemistry
2002 NovelThe Fainter
2006 NovelSomebody Loves Us All
2009 NovelMax Gate
2013 NovelDad Art
2016 NovelAspiring
2020 NovelDelirious
2024 NovelBibliography
- The Miserables
- Little Masters
- Nineteen Widows under Ash
- Chemistry
- The Fainter
- Somebody Loves Us All
- Max Gate
- Dad Art
- Lifting
- Aspiring
- Delirious
- The Veteran Perils
- For everyone concerned and other stories
- The Idles
Legacy
New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and poet. Director of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.
Trivia
- Also a singer and songwriter, released songs through his project the Close Readers.
- Played in the band the Jonahs in the 1980s.